Display last



Patented Jury io, i923.

` "iwi" ABRAHAM E. GOODWIN, OF NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGrNOIB, TO LYNN LAST COMPANY, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

DISPLAY LAST.

Application file d J'unc 8,

To all whom t may concern: A

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM E. Goon- WIN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a residentof Newburyport, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display Lasts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to display lasts vand has for its object the production of a device of this character having the representation of a shoe formed thereon with celluloid paint or otherwise, whereby the manufacturers may see readilyhow a shoe would look which is to be subsequently manufactured on said last.

The invention consists further of a new method of making display lasts.

The invention further consists of certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be understood readily by reference to the description of the drawings and 'to the claims to be hereinafter referred to.

For the purpose of illustrating the invention, one preferred form thereof is shown in the drawings, this form having been found to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which the invention consists can be variously arranged and organized, and that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of the instrumentalities as here- V in shown and described, except as required by the scope of the appended claims.

Of the drawings:

Figure 1 represents an elevation of a last.

Figure 2 represents an elevation of a heel adapted to be secured thereto.

Figure 3 represents an elevation of said last with said heel secured thereto.

Figure 4 represents an elevation of said last with the representation of a shoe painted thereon, and

Figure 5 represents a plan view of said painted last.

Similar characters indicate like parts throughout the several figures of the drawmds.

In the drawings 10 is a last which may be of any well known shape, and 11 is a special heel adapted to be secured to the rear portion of the last to elevate the heel end of the last into'a position such as a shoe 1922. Serial N0. 566,754.

would assume that was manufactuerd upon said last.

This heel 11 is provided with a leather lift 12 which, being of soft material, will not injure desks, show cases, or similar articles of furniture upon which the last may be displayed.

In carrying out my improved method for making display lasts, the heel 11 is first secured to the rear portion of the last 10, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

The last 10 and heel 11 then have applied thereon a base color 13, preferably of celluloidl paint. This base color may be of any shade, and when the display last has been finished will represent the stocking contained within the shoe represented upon the last.

Upon this base color 13 is then painted the outline of a shoe 14 such as is adapted to be constructed upon the last 10. This shoe may be of any style and may lor may not be provided with the straps 15 and 16 secured to the upper by means of buttons 1718 eX- tending through the buttonholes 19-20.

If, in the design of the shoe adapted to be built upon the last, it is intended to have ornamental features, they are indicated in contrasting color as shown at 21 on the drawings. The buttons 17-18 and buttonholes 19--20 are painted on the last in contrasting colors, and the same is true of the various lines of stitches 22.

Preferably, Celluloid` paint is used in forming the design of the shoe la upon the last so that when finished, the entire display last will have a glossy appearance. Lasts having the same shape may be painted with a variety of designs of different shoes which may be manufactured thereon.

This display last is of great advantage to last manufacturers. Vhen new designs of lasts are constructed, it is very difficult for many of the shoe manufacturers to clearly see from the last itself what style of shoe could be manufactured thereon. In view of this difliculty, it has been the custom.with some last manufacturers to send the new styles of lasts to some manufacturer and have shoes built upon the last, which last with the shoe manufactured thereon would then be used by the various salesmen visiting shoe manufacturers, to show clearly the style of shoe which could be manufactured on that particular form of last.

l used up good material Which might be used f in the manufacture of the shoes themselves.

It was costly as it Was oftentimes more difiicult to form the shoe made of leather and other materials upon the lasts than it Would have been to manufacture the shoe intended for commercial use. l

Moreover, the last manufacturer Was obliged to send the last to shoe manufacturers and await their leisure before the lastv With the shoes manufactured thereon could be secured, to be used as display lasts by the travelling' salesmen.

All ofthese objections have been overcome by applicants method of making display lasts, as by painting the design of the shoe upon the last itself, after first elevating the heel* portion by applying the ,heel ll to the rear portion of the last, all of the Work can be done in the last factory.

Much time is also saved as the painting of the design upon the last consumes very little time compared With the manufacture of a display shoe upon the last. Y

W hen the display last has been properly painted,- it has the same appearance as if a shoe had been actually constructed thereon. This is a great improvement in the art, saving much time, labor, and expense to the last manufacturer. Moreover, the Weight of the lasts carried byv the salesmen is greatly reduced, Which obviously is of considerable advantage.

It is believed that the operation and many advantages of the invention Will be readily understoodv Without further description.

Having thus described my invention, I

shoe formed on the surface vthereof and a heel secured thereto.

3. A last having a representation of a shoe formed on the 3 surface thereof, and provided With means for supporting th heel portion thereof. y l..

ll., A last havinga re'resentationk of a shoe painted on the surfacel thereof.v

5. A lasthaving a representation of av shoe painted on the surface thereof with celluloid paint.

k6. The method of making Which consists in providing a ulating a heel of a shoe for thereof and then painting'on representation of a shoe.

7. The method of making Which consists in providing a support simulating a heel of a shoe for the heel end thereof, painting the last a base color and then painting on the surface of said last the 'representation of a shoe.v f

8. A last having' a representation of a shoe formed on the surface thereof; and means for supporting the heel portion thereof in the position a shoe Would yassume when manufactured uponsaidlast.

9. A last having a representation of a shoe formed on the surface thereof; anda heel secured to the heel portion .of the last of' a predetermined height sufficient toelevate the rear of the last so that said last` would assume the 'same position as that of a shoe to be manufactured upon said last,

l0. The method of making a display representation of a shoe which consists in securing to the rear end of a shoe last, a heel of sufficient height to incline the last and cause it to assume the position of a shoe to be manufactured lupon saidlast:

Signed by me at 746 Old South Bldg., Boston, Mass., this 7th day of June, 1922.y

ABRAHAM E. GOODWIN.

Witnesses: Y I

WALTER E. LOMBARD, NATHAN C. LOMBARD.

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